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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 8, 2021Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 8, 2021, 6:58 AM EDT for Ben Hill County, Irwin County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 8, 2021, 6:58 AM EDT (10:58 UTC)
Expired: Oct 8, 2021, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Ben Hill County, GA, Irwin County, GA

The radar

The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 8, 7:15 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Fitzgerald, GA	WALMART PARKING LOT FLOODED WITH 1 TO 2 FOOT DEPTH IN PLACES. NUMEROUS CARS STALLED OR STRANDED. BEHIND THE WALMART, SOME CARS PARKED NEAR AN ADJACENT CREEK FLOATED IN FLOOD WATERS.
Oct 8, 7:20 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Fitzgerald, GA	1 HOME FLOODED IN 500 BLOCK OF SOUTH THOMAS. WATER WAS 2 INCHES DEEP INSIDE. ANOTHER UNOCCUPIED BUILDING NEARBY FLOODED AS WELL.
Oct 8, 7:30 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Fitzgerald, GA	SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO SHOWED THE UNDERPASS ON NORTH LONGSTREET FLOODED. A CAR WAS SUBMERGED AT THIS LOCATION.
Oct 8, 7:30 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Fitzgerald, GA	SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AROUND FITZGERALD HIGH SCHOOL AND EXTENDING WEST ACROSS MERRIMACK DRIVE. WATER DEPTH REPORTED UP THE DOORS OF VEHICLES AND UP TO THE FRONT DOOR OF A DOUBLE WIDE HOME.
Oct 8, 7:45 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ssw Osierfield, GA	SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF SEVERAL ROADS IN EASTERN IRWIN COUNTY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF OSIERFIELD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

672 
WGUS52 KTAE 081058
FFWTAE
GAC017-155-081300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.W.0052.211008T1058Z-211008T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
658 AM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Ben Hill County in south central Georgia...
  Irwin County in south central Georgia...

* Until 900 AM EDT.

* At 658 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen in the last 1 Hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 
  to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is 
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Fitzgerald, Ocilla, Mystic, Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Ashton, 
  Lulaville, Osierfield, Pinetta, Queensland, Irwinville, Abba, 
  Bowens Mill, Arp, Wray, Irwinville Airport, Waterloo and Red Bluff.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3179 8346 3185 8331 3185 8324 3184 8317
      3181 8313 3182 8311 3178 8300 3164 8301
      3161 8306 3155 8306 3147 8312 3148 8335
      3155 8341 3159 8350 3170 8349 3170 8346
      3171 8345 3174 8347 3175 8345

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 8, 4:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Dougherty, Tift, Turner, Worth	47 min
Oct 8, 5:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	42 min
Oct 8, 5:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Turner	3 hr
Oct 8, 6:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	32 min
Oct 8, 6:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	19 min
Oct 8, 7:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	42 min
Oct 8, 7:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Grady	32 min
Oct 8, 8:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Colquitt	34 min
Oct 8, 9:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	2 hr
Oct 8, 12:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Ben Hill, Irwin	6 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.